She's been known as The First Lady of So Solid, the Jewel in the Crown and the 24-Carat Princess. She's perfectly blended sweetness and streetness on the melodic choruses that have taken her group to the top.

Now, with a debut single packed with enough party power to shake off the New Year blues, she's taking centre stage. And looking back on it now, she's been waiting for this for a mighty long time.

Lisa Maffia (her real name) lit up the So Solid LP with her hook-heavy choruses, and even provided a glimpse of her range with tracks like 'Skyla', but her solo debut was always going to be the place where she showed what she was made of.

"This is my time to shine and show the musical ability that I've developed, learning from So Solid Crew as well: the styles that I've picked up, the singing-spitting style, the R&B slow style, the ragga style."

When Lisa started recording her solo material she wanted to draw in all her musical influences both past and present. Even though the new grooves were all created by in-house So Solid producers JD, AC Burrell, Swiss and Dan Da Man, the result is a record that is laced with music and lyrics that will force all those who think they've sussed the UK urban formula to reconsider.